VINELAND - Catherine Rubino of Vineland celebrated her 100th birthday on Feb. 18 at a party for family and friends at Eastlyn Golf Course hosted by her great-grandchildren.

Her parents were immigrants from the Ukraine. She lived in Philadelphia in her early life and later moved to a farm in Franklin Township. She has seen many changes during her lifetime including the installation of electric poles and electricity at the farm. She worked as a seamstress at a clothing factory for years, mainly making suits for men and military uniforms. She married the late Samuel Rubino in the late 1930s. She has two daughters, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She also has two sisters. Her brother passed away in the 1960s.